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Page A'22 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 14, 2019
ABOVE: Construction crews recently installed a new floating dock at the public boat
launch on Fair Harbor in Grapeview.
RIGHT: As of Feb. 28, workers were still in the process of pouring concrete,
Herald photos by Dana Kampa
Continued from page A-20
The electeds decided to likely des-
ignate one side of the dock for tempo-
rary tie ups, and one side for actively
launching or landing boats.
Port commissioner John Anderson
offered a brief update on the construc-
tion. Crews the day prior poured the
final major slab of concrete leading up
to the dock. Handrails will be going in
soon, as the concrete fully cures. He
said the base for the fee payment ki-
osk was ready to go, and crews would
be able to reinstall the machine once
the protective barriers were in place.
Signage slated to go up soon offers
rules for using the boat launch:
Hours of operation will be from 5
a.m. to 10 p.m.
The launch has a weight limit of
40,000 pounds.
Refueling is not allowed on the
ramp or in the parking area.
U Users cannot drain their hull on
theramp.
Fireworks cannot be discharged
at the boat launch.
A public restroom will be located
in the parking area.
No-wake zones are in effect ac-
uses
cording to Mason County Ordinance
9.04.130. The zone extends from the
bridge to Treasure Island to the south-
ern tip of the island.
The commissioners planned to in-
clude fee information on the port's
website, www.portofgrapeview.com.
Farmer took a look at funding for
the dock construction. She said the
port used the last available funding
through its development grant from
the state Recreation and Conservation
Office (RCO).
'W~e have used up that money, and
we're into the acquisition grant," she
said.
The port's 2019 budget showed it
had about $82,000 in RCO funding
left to complete the gangway, dock,
mitigation, power pole relocation and
repaving of roads after the construc-
tion, as long as it provided $27,000 in
matching funds totalling $109,000.
The port has additional RCO fund-
ing available through a second acqui-
sition grant. The second grant totalled
more than $528,000; the port is re-
quired to provide matching funds of
$132,000.
Carlson said he expected to receive
a second appraisal within the coming
days for the property owned by Rob-
grants
"labl
ert Bianchi, which the port recently
voted to condemn. The port budgeted
$400,000 to obtain two lots and cover
legal fees.
The first appraisal from Anderson
Appraisal Inc estimated the value at
$120,000 per parcel.
As part of the future planning,
Farmer proposed the port seek options
for bringing high-speed internet con-
nections to Grapeview through fiber
optics. Mason County PUD 3 recently
secured additional grant funding as
it works to expand its fiberhood pro-
gram, which bases which areas get
hooked up on community interest.
'~When I was a Port of Allyn commis-
sioner, I really thought that this was
something that needed to be addressed
by ports in rural areas," Farmer said.
though she noted there wasn't much
interest at the time. "I really think the
Port of Grapeview would be much bet-
ter off, residential- and business-wise
for people working out of their homes,
if they had fiber optics here. There are
a lot of things moving right now."
Farmer said she hoped it would be
possible for the port to partner with
organizations such as PUD 3 to seek
grant funding for the tech upgrade.
During the previous meeting,
Farmer proposed deactivating a little-
used PUD 3 meter near the dock as a
money-saving measure, but the com-
missioners elected to keep it in order
to provide lighting at the parking lot.
Though the fixture is outdated, Ander-
son said he planned to replace it and
the bulb soon.
The port also looked to solidify
plans to hold its regular meeting quar-
terly at the community clubhouse in
the Mason Benson area in an attempt
to strengthen ties to the section of
Grapeview.
Though winter weather caused de-
lays in scheduling, the port's Special
Projects Advisory Committee is set to
meet later this month to discuss the
ongoing projects in Grapeview.
As the port looks to wrap up con-
struction, Carlson said the commission
hopes to officially recognize those who
helped make the project possible, with
details to come in the coming months.
The next regular port meeting takes
place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Horton
Community Center, 4350 E. Grape-
view Loop Road, Grapeview. Work-
ing with port staff, the commissioners
planned to publish agenda informa-
tion on the port website the Saturday
prior to the monthly meetings.
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